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Brodie claims an IRA 'money man' threatened him with a gun and told him to leave the country within 24 hours

But Edinburgh sheriff Alistair Noble told the thug: “You report that a member of the IRA showed you a gun and said you had 24 hours to get out of Ireland. I don’t find it proved that any threat was made.

“There was nothing in the evidence that I heard that showed you would be in significant danger if you were extradited.”

The sheriff told Brodie that the charges he faces in Ireland are of “great seriousness”.

Sheriff Noble added: “I have to regard the strong public interest that those accused of crimes should be brought to trial and those convicted should not escape punishment.